I was birding yesterday (Saturday Oct. 12) at Lake Anza and enjoying the fall warblers. I have seen yellow warblers, yellow-rumped warblers and a good number of townsend's warblers around Berkeley in

The Belted Kingfisher first observed by Jerry Ting on 10/24 continues to be in residence on the Virginia Street extension, resting on the telephone wires during his fishing efforts. I observed the bir

This morning shortly after 8AM while walking on Santa Barbara Road near its intersection with Florida I was surprised to see two Peregrine Falcons swoop into a tall evergreen on the southeast side of

As of 12:30PM today (Sunday 12/15), a pair of Hooded Mergansers continued at Jewel Lake in Tilden Park. Upper Packrat Tail provided views of 3 Golden-Crowned Kinglets, a Nuttall's Woodpecker, Townsend

On Jan. 5, I followed up on a thorough ebird report by Steve Tucker who observed a Dunlin roost (est. 8000) on the rotted piers seen from the very end of the Berkeley Pier. I found them just as Steve

My thanks to Marj Blackwell and Judith Dunham for pointing me in the right direction this morning. Thanks also to those birders with scopes who generously shared the snipe views. I really only wanted

Yesterday after work I went for a short walk along Nimitz Way from Inspiration Point in Tilden Park. At about 5:30PM, a California Thrasher presented an incredible aria that lasted for at least 15 min

There were about a dozen Ring-Necked Ducks at Lake Anza this morning, clustered close to one another near the south end. It’s about time for them to depart until next fall (judging by ebird data), in

At EBMUD Valle Vista yesterday, I saw a pair of Caspian Terns (my FOS). They were visible from the King's Canyon Loop Trail shortly past the horse area on a small sandbar close to the near shore. Othe

Yesterday I was walking from Tilden Park into Wildcat Canyon Park via Wildcat Creek Trail. Just past the border into Wildcat, there is a section on the uphill side of the trail that has almost no tree

Many thanks to Alan for another great GGAS outing. Just wanted to add that many of the birds are striking in their breeding plumages at this time. Here are two examples: Western Bluebird: https://www.

Following up on Jeff Acuff’s posting, yesterday (July 22) I visited the Waterbird Regional Preserve and Waterbird Way Pond (just down the street from the Preserve) in Martinez. The Wilson’s Phalaropes

Lee Friedman

Many thanks to Emilie for a great outing. If anyone would like to see a photo of a hermit warbler peeking out, it is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/99583878@N06/14937935861/ My reason for posting

This message is to close out on this list serve the issue of the Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle raised during yesterday’s GGAS outing in Tilden Park. Three experts viewing the insect photo independently w

Due to some technical glitch, the posting from Alan Kaplan below intended as the final “beetle” message before the thread closed did not appear. Alan identifies the weevil in the photo as Gonipterus s

While birding from about 10-12 this morning at Eastshore Park beginning along the Virginia Street extension, I saw a pair of shore birds on the rocks at the water’s edge that I hope I’ve identified co

Like others on this list, I have been enjoying seeing the arrival of our fall visitors. While watching some Golden-Crowned Sparrows with Song Sparrows this morning at my home in north Berkeley, I also

Birding at high tide on Sunday at Meeker Slough, I saw Elegant Terns (and Foster’s Terns, and a Belted Kingfisher, among others) on the wooden pilings on the bay side north of the 51st extension and b

Sorry, I mean Forster’s terns (not Foster’s). Lee